Tag: Prayer

In the midst of our current numerous difficulties, we are all suffering. The pandemic has revealed our vulnerabilities, that despite our confidence in our great advances in many fields, a simple virus has uncovered our weaknesses. Compounding the impact and threat of the disease itself is the blow that has struck so many businesses, threatening…

Many of us were taught that reciting or repeating a prayer, anything other than coming up with our own words, was the wrong way to pray. Jesus’ teaching from the Sermon on the Mount has been put forward as the basis for rejecting all but extemporaneous prayer.  And when you are praying, do not use…

The spiritual change we have been discussing for the last two weeks involves how we interact with the whole world and everything in it. Unfortunately, the world God created gets in the way of our seeing God. All that should point us toward God, as icons of the divine presence, often act as idols which…

“God always answers prayer” This statement is often followed by the explanation that God answers with either yes, no, or wait. But would those not be the same possibilities if there was no God at all and we are actually making our requests to no one? Isn’t this true of mere wishful thinking? Either what…

Here are the texts from the seven prayer circles.   GUILT This station is a chance to apologize to God for anything that you feel you have done wrong this week. It’s also an opportunity to ask God to free you from any guilt feelings that may be clinging to you. Sometimes, even when we…

Here’s the deal: on Sunday we are going to talk about, practice, and experiment with prayer based on Luke 11:1-13. Jesus gives us his version of a rabbi’s prayer for his apprentices, and uses a few common relational experiences to get us to understand how we can view prayer as part of our relationship with…